- excogitation - thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it
--1 is a kind of thinking, thought, cerebration, intellection, mentation
Derived form: verb excogitate1 - invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design - the creation of something in the mind
--2 is a kind of creativity, creativeness, creative thinking
--2 has particulars: concoction; contrivanceDerived form: verb excogitate1